If you like Bond, action games or even working out light puzzles to hack your way into locations, you will love First Light. Even if you don’t like these things, First Light may just surprise you, it never outstays its welcome and will have you gripped to its conclusion. First Light has reinvigorated my love of Bond and I hope the movies follow suit, looking at the series with new eyes and taking it in a fresh, modern direction.
Sunderfolk was not only what I needed right now but it executes everything with quality and precision. What it does with the app and multiplayer is sublime and everything about the gameplay experience is explained, trimmed to perfection and thoughtful. From the explanation of its keywords to its simplified systems, this is a dungeon crawler for everyone.
I would say, if you’re a Tony Hawks fan, as long as you can get over a few weird design and sound decisions, you will enjoy this pair of remakes. I don’t fully understand the lack of original music but I do understand the change in the mission structure for THPS4. A few fans will be put off by minor changes. I personally, after a little re-adjustment, did not mind so much. Some of the new music is awesome, I just missed a few of the old classics.
I think this remaster is brilliant. Bugs and performance aside, it’s nearly everything I wanted. I do, however, feel that new players may still feel the age of some of the mechanics and the game’s overall composition. If you love Oblivion and this kind of RPGs in general, you will adore this remaster. It’s the best version of Oblivion to play and it will only get better with patches and time. A great job was done to drag it into the modern era while keeping some of the game’s original feel intact.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is probably my favourite in the series. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a ‘pure’ Assassin’s Creed fan but I really gelled with the mixture of great combat, fun exploration and an engaging narrative. That, paired with a great UI, toned down map and lack of hand-holding objectives and you have a ‘sure-fire’ winner.
I found Batman: Arkham Shadow of the best VR titles I have played on the platform. It felt like a ‘full’ game rather than a tech demo like the first title and I think it’s well worth your hard-earned cash. It is enjoyable from start to finish and well worth the plaudits and awards the game has so far. If you love Batman, it’s a no-brainer and even if you don’t the gameplay and immersion are worth the entrance fee alone.
Spirit Mancer has some good ideas, I enjoyed the combat system and the card/monster collecting. I just wished a few of the extra mechanics and gameplay systems were dropped and more focus was put on the original and fun parts of the game. I do think if the reward system was tweaked and a bit more effort was made to make the sights and sounds of Spirit Mancer stand out, I would have enjoyed the game a lot more.
Trombone Champ: Unflattened is a great VR implementation of an already fun game. It has been translated into VR in a very loving and careful way. The tracking is superb, the menus are flawless and it has none of the VR messiness sometimes associated with the medium. Flat2VR Studios have done a magnificent job and I will certainly be keeping an eye on them in the future.
I did enjoy my time with Outlaws, I just wish I had enjoyed it more. Technical issues and inconsistencies brought down what I thought was a varied and entertaining experience. However, if you love Star Wars and see this title on sale, it may be worth a punt. There is fun to be had in Outlaws, even amongst it’s niggly flaws.
I was unimpressed with Brothership. I wanted a new Mario and Luigi game quite badly and as this shows, you should probably watch what you wish for. It’s lacking in story, presentation, a stable framerate and the constant hand-holding is infuriating. The only saving grace is that the premise of it is interesting and the battle system is massively entertaining.
If you are a fan of Zelda games or old-school RPGs you will love Echoes of Wisdom. It’s one of my favourite games of the year and just shows that even if you change the core mechanics of a fan-favourite franchise, as long as it’s done with love and care, it can be a great success. Echoes is a perfect blend of old-school Zelda with sprinklings of open-ended puzzle-solving seen in more recent entries in the series.
Astro Bot is not only one of the best games I have played this year but one of my most fun video game experiences in recent memory.
I will say that I think buried under a layer of technical issues and nausea, there is an entertaining experience to be had [in Lawn Mowing Simulator VR]. I really hope the devs can fix the issues I have experienced and if they do I am happy to return. Until then though, I am afraid, the only grass-cutting I will be doing is in my real garden and that’s truly unfortunate, as it is much more fun in VR.
Small annoyances aside, I really enjoyed Botany Manor. It’s cheap, it’s quite short, and it’s very enjoyable throughout. The puzzles are well-designed and the presentation is nice on the eye. If you are in the market for a small, very unique puzzle title, you could do a hell of a lot worse.
I had seen a few videos and heard rumblings about this game when it was released on the PC. The world went a little mad for it, and to be fair, I now can see why. I was not, however, ready for how addictive this little gem could be. How can a game with no buttons, just using a thumbstick, be so bloody moreish. Welcome to the Rapid Reviews Vampire Survivors Nintendo Switch review.
Rewind back to 2001, young Sebby was playing an amazing, turn-based war game on his Gameboy Advance called Advance Wars. He was besotted by the cartoon art style. The amazing pixelated skirmishes took up a lot of time, as did moving tanks and destroying his enemies. Times were good man; times were good.
I have always enjoyed sports and, with it, the video game counterparts that try to emulate the intense competition and rivalry I enjoy so much. From PGA Tour to Hot Shots golf and Wii Sports to Rockstars Table Tennis, I have played many sports simulations over the years, but this is my first Quest 2 sports game review. Welcome to Tennis League VR.
Roguelike, you say? Card battler? Deck-builder? In the vein of Slay the Spire? Well, why didn’t you say so? I adore Slay the Spire and adore roguelikes, so surely Pirates Outlaws (which I think is a weird name) will be a surefire hit. Load your pistol, grab a parrot, and let’s sail the high seas! AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHH!
If you had told me a few weeks ago I would have been reviewing Just Dance, I’d have told you that you’re off your rocker. Don’t get me wrong, I did very little dancing overall but I did a lot of watching my family prance around my living room like nutters. I like to throw some shapes now and again, but others in my household love this game a lot more than I do. I can see why to be fair, if you love to groove, there’s nothing better on the market.
Ahhhh, nostalgia, there is something warm and fuzzy about returning to something you remember vividly from your childhood. Monkey Island is a series I played a lot growing up and it was a blast returning there recently. It is a lot different now though on the Nintendo Switch, if you had told me I would be able to play Monkey Island, on the go when I was a nipper, I would have laughed in your face but here we are. Isn’t technology great?